Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'chosen' occurs 201 times in the standard works.

41 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'chosen' in the standard works and contain 20.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 17 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Cor. 1:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 28:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 6:6 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 13:3 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:16 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:20 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 121:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 7:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 20:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 41:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 44:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 58:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 95:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 93 0 93
Ex. 2 0 2
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 1 0 1
Judg. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 9 0 9
2 Sam. 1 0 1
1 Kgs. 7 0 7
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 9 0 9
2 Chr. 13 0 13
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 13 0 13
Prov. 2 0 2
Isa. 12 0 12
Jer. 5 0 5
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 30 0 30
BM 38 0 38
DC 34 0 34
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 201 0 201

Judg. 10:14
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

Judg. 20:15
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

Judg. 20:16
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

Judg. 20:34
And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.